The Supreme Court of Russia on June 7 banned what it called the Anti-Russia Separatist Movement, a group that does not appear to exist. The move was made at the Justice Ministry's request and comes about seven months after the Supreme Court banned another nonexistent group -- the International Public LGBT Movement. Also last year, the Prosecutor-General's Office designated two movements registered abroad as undesirable organizations -- the League of Free Nations and the Forum of Post-Russia's Free Peoples, which advocate self-determination for ethnic republics within the Russian Federation. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Russian Supreme Court Bans Nonexistent Separatist Movement
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